m. allan noah a ?crit : > >>>>> Should it be due to my installation : I've make and installed the >>>>> cvs code >>>>> in /usr/local without uninstalling the debian version which is in /usr >>>>> >>>> In order to use Kooka (KDE scanner prog) I start it from a console with >>>> >>>> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libsane.so kooka >>>> >>>> There is probably a much neater way of doing things but it works. >>>> Hopefully >>>> the backend will be in a Kubuntu release eventually. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>> >>> I will try this command line this evening. Thanks for the trick. >> >> >> LD_PRELOAD ? Why not just set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable >> to look up /usr/local/lib first ? AFAIK this is the only way to >> properly force select programs to use a different library search path. >> Preloading just one library may not be enough - e.g. any dynamically >> loaded libraries would still be loaded from other directories. IIRC >> the default library path for the linux ld.so loader is /usr/lib:/lib ... >> > > or, even better, add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf, and then run > ldconfig. this will make it more permanent than the env var, which is > often not available from within cron, etc. (not that many people other > than me do anything with sane from cron :) > > allan >
I have try the 2 methods, but I always have a green line across my scan. This line is few pixel wide. I can send you an example if you like. Patrick.
